Tim Lovejoy Pasta Advert

On top of everything said here, it's utterly inescapable as they put it on all channels in every ad break.

Maybe after today they'll take it off completely as part of a government plot to make the cuts seem better. You know, "well, there might only be 200 nurses, 3 doctors and a couple of Sea Cadets with catapults left in the public sector, but at least that b!@@dy advert's not on any more..."


The fact that Giovanni Rana translates to "Johnny Frog" says it all I suppose.
 
I always felt that the day Tim Lovejoy was considered to be a romantic lead would be the day I'd defecate my internal organs into a jiffy bag and mail them to Dr Gunther Von Hagens. Now that day is finally upon us and I find myself tragically constipated by his onscreen partners arse-clenchingly awful attempts to flirt with him.

"Full....*eyebrow wiggle* of bolognese..!"
 
Rana IV was the planet in Star Trek:TNG that was destroyed by the Husnock.

The Husnock were "a species of hideous intelligence who knew only aggression and destruction." according to sole survivor Kevin. Of course Kevin was really an alien in disguise...

But the question is, is Tim Lovejoy a Husnock?
 
I hate this advert too, the way he looks at her when she's opening the packet, I think he's going to try and sexually assault her, I'm thinking he's probably trying to convey some other emotion :confused:
He's got to be related to some TV exec otherwuise how is he even on TV, nobody seems to like him.
 
I'm waiting for the next instalment of the advert where the Italian lady's 6ft 4" body building boyfriend drops in for lunch, catches Tim Lovejoy trying it on and knocks seven bells out of him. :D
 
Just how do the minRAB of marketing/ad people work?

Lovejoy is completely derided on RAB. Cant remember seeing a positive post about him. Why would they think that 'Brand Tim' would appeal to anyone? (well unless they are targetting a very particular fellow twonk sub-strata of society).

He is possibly deluded as to his popularity and maybe thinks he will get a whole series of aRAB out of this (like Gold Blend man as mentioned already or - God help us - Cointreau geezer).

The best we can hope for as other posters have suggested are the alternative story threaRAB with Lovejoy getting fed thru a pasta machine/eroded by a giant parmesan shaver/drowned in a vat of olive oil (delete as applicable)
 
Is the female lead, the Italian woman who used to do that fooball show with Chappers on Five. That's the only reason I can think of for Tim Lovejoy to be in this advert; as both have a connection to football, though it's still really random!
 
I can see a coupleof problems with this campaign

1) Their pasta is actually about as 'delicious' as eating polystyrene
2) It seems to always be on 'buy one get one free' in my local supermarket, which isn't going to help their image much
3) Good fresh pasta - which is also sold in the same supermarkets, sometimes on the same shelf - takes pretty much the same time to prepare.

Basically they're hoping the presence of Tim Lovejoy will overpower logic and reason. That only ever happens inside Timmy's deluded mind.
 
It doesn't really matter if some people really don't like Tim Lovejoy, the campaign will de-gloss "posh" italian pasta and make it seem like something you might like to try.

If "you" are a man aged 24-36 of course.

A sort of (so-called) up-market Pot Noodle.
 
Laura Esposto? Very much doubt it. She was younger and her English wasn't near that good.

RE: Lovejoy being the new Anthony Head/Peter Bowles.. I'm sure one of the worRAB people were thinking in the meeting was 'head' but somehow I don't think the other one was "Anthony".
 
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